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By Jason | August 8, 2009
Well its been awhile since i've updated the site. I am a Computer Tech so i've been busy building, upgrading, and fixing customers computers along with removing viruses. But anyways, there are somemore "stuff" i've come across that I thought would be worth posting. Some of these resources could be older and may have been posted on this site before. (Shouldn't been to many though). Basically everything I post here is Free.
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Clinic 6262: Introducing Windows Workflow Foundation using .Net Framework 3.5 & Visual Studio 2008
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| This clinic will provide a start point for Enterprise Developers and Software Architects that are looking to Windows Workflow Foundation as a solution for enabling business processes within their solutions. Within the clinic you will learn about the functionality provided by the workflow engine, the overall architecture, and how to build workflow enabled applications. |
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At the end of the course, students will be able to:
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Windows® API Code Pack for Microsoft® .NET Framework
The Windows® API Code Pack for Microsoft® .NET Framework provides a source code library that can be used to access some new Windows 7 features (and some existing features of older versions of Windows operating system) from managed code. These Windows features are not available to developers today in the .NET Framework.
The individual features supported in this version (v1.0) of the library are:
- Windows 7 Taskbar Jump Lists, Icon Overlay, Progress Bar, Tabbed Thumbnails, and Thumbnail Toolbars.
- Windows 7 Libraries, Known Folders, non-file system containers.
- Windows Shell Search API support, a hierarchy of Shell Namespace entities, and Drag and Drop functionality for Shell Objects.
- Explorer Browser Control.
- Shell property system.
- Windows Vista and Windows 7 Common File Dialogs, including custom controls.
- Windows Vista and Windows 7 Task Dialogs.
- Direct3D 11.0, Direct3D 10.1/10.0, DXGI 1.0/1.1, Direct2D 1.0, DirectWrite, Windows Imaging Component (WIC) APIs. (DirectWrite and WIC have partial support)
- Sensor Platform APIs
- Extended Linguistic Services APIs
- Power Management APIs
- Application Restart and Recovery APIs
- Network List Manager APIs
- Command Link control and System defined Shell icons.
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Additionally there are some Videos highlighting some of the code pack features.
Videos:
Two minute videos demonstrating some of the features in this release are now available:
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Understanding Microsoft Virtualization Solutions
Info: This guide will teach you about the benefits of the latest virtualization technologies and how to plan, implement, and manage virtual infrastructure solutions. The technologies covered include: Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Microsoft Application Virtualization 4.5, Microsoft Enterprise Desktop Virtualization, and Microsoft Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.
If you want the entire eBook they have a link on the same page as the view Chapter 1.
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Collection 6261: Developing Rich Experiences using Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 & Visual Studio 2008
This series of three, two-hour clinics focuses on how to build solutions by using Windows Workflow Foundation, Windows Presentation Foundation, and Windows Communication Foundation with the Microsoft .NET Framework 3.5 and Visual Studio 2008.
More Info on the FREE e-Learning Collection...
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Thats all for now. Sorry about the structure and overall visual of this post. It looks kind of messy and confusing but I hope you can get the info you wanted. Take care!
Jason
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(14 votes, average: 4.07 out of 5)
October 21st, 2009 at 6:43 am
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May 13th, 2010 at 2:42 am
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